Crestwood Police Department Sgt. Dion Olson, right, talks with Crestwood resident John Weis at the city’s ‘Coffee with a Cop’ event last week at the Crestwood Starbucks. The city has conducted the...

Picture taken from previous robbery at Southern Armory. Southern Armory in Crestwood saw its second recent robbery attempt last weekend, but no guns were stolen from the gun shop this time. The Crestwood...

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor glorialloyd@callnewspapers.com What seemed to be a thriving partnership between Sunset Hills and Crestwood could hit the skids over a night bicycle ride similar to the...

By Gloria Lloyd News Editor news3@callnewspapers.com The Crestwood police and fire departments do not officially endorse candidates for office, despite a claim on a flier that Ward 4 aldermanic candidate...

Crestwood City Clerk Helen Ingold administers the oath of office to Deputy Chief of Police Rich Noland at last week’s Board of Aldermen meeting. Ingold also administered the oath of office to Lt. Boyd...

News analysis By Mike Anthony Executive Editor news1@callnewspapers.com Politics dominated the past year, both locally and nationally. Locally, we saw a divisive election last April for a seat on...

Crestwood Police Chief Frank Arnoldy, left, presents the 2017 Lt. John Walsh Professional Excellence Award to Officer Dion Olson. Olson joined the Crestwood Police Department in May 2008. He began his...

A series of crimes and incidents since last week in Crestwood may not be out of the ordinary for the city historically, but seems like a crime wave compared to the typical level of crime in the city in...

The Crestwood Board of Aldermen voted Tuesday night to adopt an ordinance confirming Deputy Chief Ronald Compton’s promotion to chief of police, effective Feb. 2. Compton will succeed Chief Frank Arnoldy,...

A heist at a Crestwood gun store Monday remains unsolved a day later, with few leads. Thieves broke into Southern Armory, 9901 Watson Road, around 2:30 a.m. Monday and sped away with an undetermined...